Today's episode is focused on the cultural principle of adaptability, and is a reading from an essay I originally wrote for The New Quo Learning Community where I curate overlooked ethical and cultural wisdom straight to the inboxes of members who are passionate about finding new insight and inspiration to practice their social justice values.

This essay is titled "how I thrived when everything collapsed" and talks about how I almost lost everything I had built in my business and career during Covid, and how I rebuilt better, in addition to exploring eight key components of adaptability to remain steadfast and thrive when circumstances change.

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Today's episode is focused on the cultural principles of love, and is a reading from an essay I originally wrote for The New Quo Learning Community where I curate overlooked ethical and cultural wisdom straight to the inboxes of members who are passionate about finding new insight and inspiration to practice their social justice values.

The essay read in this episode is titled "a cultural practice for conflict and forgiveness" and is an exploration of a Native Hawaiian practice of conflict resolution deeply rooted in the Hawaiian concept of "pono," which refers to righteousness, balance, and harmony by living in a state of equity and balance within ourselves, those around us, and the world that sustains us.

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Today's episode is a replay from my storytelling event I produce and host titled Change My Mind: a live storytelling experience. We get everyday people to tell true non-fiction stories in front of a live audience in NYC about an event that changed their minds for the better. It's another form of ethical and cultural wisdom from their lived experiences that creates meaningful connection, conversation, and education around issues we typically don't talk about.

Today's storyteller is Esther Ofelia Acosta. She's a Fun- loving cubanita who runs her family's cuban restaurant by day and does stand up comedy by night. She enjoys bringing laughter to others from her experiences that many Latina women can relate to. Her story is about her struggles of finding her voice in a household where women were seen but not heard, and how she eventually found self-love and the confidence to pursue what she truly desired. You can find her on Instagram, Facebook, and Youtube.

Today's episode is focused on the cultural principles of cultural intelligence, and is a reading from an essay I originally wrote for The New Quo Learning Community where I curate overlooked ethical and cultural wisdom straight to the inboxes of members who are passionate about finding new insight and inspiration to practice their social justice values.

This essay is a book review of That's How They Get You, a hilarious book of essays and memoir like reflections from Black creators, makers, movers, shakers, authors, and entertainers on their use of humor as a tool of love, loss, honoring their ancestry, building resilience, and moving through the world. It is edited and curated by Damon Young, who was a colleague of mine back in my media days. I've always admired his amazing ability to capture the absurdities and truths of the world in the wittiest and wildest comedic essays.

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Today's episode is a replay from my storytelling event I produce and host titled Change My Mind: a live storytelling experience. We get everyday people to tell true non-fiction stories in front of a live audience in NYC about an event that changed their minds for the better. It's another form of ethical and cultural wisdom from their lived experiences that creates meaningful connection, conversation, and education around issues we typically don't talk about.

This story shared today was created and performed by comedian, actor, and writer Jevon M. Johnson from Brooklyn, NY. You can catch him doing comedy throughout New York City. Seen on Power Book II on Starz, Apple TV. Featured in the film Cooking In Yesterday's Grease on Amazon Prime, he has performed in London for the NFL. His story is about finding stand up comedy later in life. Jevon had always been a performer but after many family losses, becoming a dad, and then a husband, life pushed all of his creative passions to the side. One day after having a conversation with her daughter about going for the life she feels she deserves, he realized he wasn't doing that himself. That jump started an epic journey to achieving a life long dream at a time when most folks think it's too late. You can find Jevon on Instagram and Facebook.

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Today's episode is focused on the cultural principles of hope, and is a reading from an essay I originally wrote for The New Quo Learning Community where I curate overlooked ethical and cultural wisdom straight to the inboxes of members who are passionate about finding new insight and inspiration to practice their social justice values.

This essay is titled "why good people are happier people" and dives into a recent study that found people rated by others as more moral tend to be happier and find more meaning in life. The study also describes how morality supports happiness through stronger relationships and a more coherent sense of self. We top the episode off with a reading of an original poem I've written to inspire how you think about hope in your own life.

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Today's episode is a replay from Christina Blacken's storytelling event she produces and hosts titled Change My Mind: a live storytelling experience, where everyday people tell true non-fiction stories about an event that changed their minds for the better. It's another form of ethical and cultural wisdom from their lived experiences that creates meaningful connection, conversation, and education around issues we typically don't talk about. The story highlighted from that show for this episode today is from Christina Blacken about a real experience she had on the subway in New York City. It's about her observations of a young boy, and a man who seemed to be living on the street, who had an interaction on the subway car she was riding, with a surprising turn that gives insights into what it means to engage in compassion when we feel seen and truly heard.

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Today's episode is focused on the cultural principles of influence, and is a reading from an essay Christina Blacken originally wrote for The New Quo Learning Community where she curates overlooked ethical and cultural wisdom straight to the inboxes of members who are passionate about finding new insight and inspiration to practice their social justice values.

This essay is titled 'chosen family and the fallacy of nuclear love', and is poetic look into the history of the nuclear family and the ways people have built community and deep love outside of these norms, especially in the LGBTQIA community. It also ends with some prose from Chrsitina with a family story of her own.

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Today's story is a replay from a storytelling event hosted and produced by Christina Blacken titled 'Change My Mind: a live storytelling experience' where everyday people tell true non-fiction stories about an event that changed their minds for the better. It's another form of ethical and cultural wisdom from their lived experiences that creates meaningful connection, conversation, and education around issues we typically don't talk about. The story highlighted from that show for this episode is from Christina's friend Joel Scott sharing his story about his family's immigration to the United States and his process of love, loss, grief while getting into bed with old people. You'll also get to hear the audience's reactions to his story when it was performed lived in Brooklyn, New York.

Joel Scott is an educator, coach, creative, and overall shit talker. Known as The Oracle to some Joel has been in the education space for over 20 years and excels at being a leadership coach, innovator, and learning experience curator. Spend some time with him and you are guaranteed to engage in a wonderful plate or drink, deep ideas exploration, and a little bit of nonsense. He cares more about questions, listens with both ears, and is grateful for his West Indian roots and hairline. You can reach him at [email protected].

Today's episode is focused on the ethical principle of power, and how power can show up in really unconventional ways, especially from people who seem like they may not have any power. This is a reading from an essay originally written for The New Quo Learning Community of curated overlooked ethical and cultural wisdom that goes straight to the inboxes of members who are passionate about finding new insight and inspiration to practice their social justice values.

This essay is titled 'courage is the antidote to oppression," and is historic recap into the life of Ida B. Wells, who was one of the first writers to practice investigative journalism during a time when lynchings were on the rise.

Episode highlights:

• what is ethical and cultural wisdom?

• Ida B. Wells trajectory from enslaved to writer and activist

• an activity to increase personal courage to take action on values you care about

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